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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Tamas Pikler, Westford, MA (US);
Fei Hoai Lee, Medford, MA (US);
Jeremiah Brazeau, Hudson, NH (US);
Jon Stuart Battles, North Bend, WA (US);
Martin Peter Aalund, Seattle, WA (US);
Jayson Michael Jochim, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Karl Lisso, Seattle, WA (US);
Samuel Christopher Uhlman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A container exchange station is provided in connection with a workspace of an inventory system. At the container exchange station, containers are exchanged between container holders and container shuttles. The container holders are configured to hold one or more containers having consolidated inventory items in high density storage. The container shuttles are also configured to hold one or more containers for performing other operations with respect to inventory items in the one or more containers. The containers are configured to hold inventory items while the inventory items move for various operations throughout the workspace and while the inventory items are stowed in high density storage in the workspace.